To find out who the winner is, you're going to have to read Today's Full Strip. But there shouldn't be any surprise, since we all know whose cake is the best - Mary and John already explained that to us, so we don't need see any of the other cakes.
I find it interesting that fifth grade colorist Eunice Chestnut has attempted to represent the unity of Team DillWorth by morphing their arms into one arm. Deep.
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The way they announced the winner, specifically calling out the category, it make me wonder if there were either categories they, or John Dill alone could have competed in. Perhaps 'Best Cupcake resembling a Member of the British Invasion?" I bet John could have made a mean Mick Jagger cupcake, with Chin Napkin serving as the ascot.
And now with the win, Mary will retire and await beatification.
Yes! Team DillWorth for the win--which would not have been possible without the stellar supporting performance of Chin Napkin. What could be more emblematic of the Beauty of Nature than a pink waterfall--er, lava flow--er, deadly mudslide. Oh, I give up. That cake's ghastly.
John Dill's team?? Those fools!!1! I did this! I made this! Now take this bitty away...
I hope that the Vatican noted the glow around Mary's head, now that there's a job opening for Pope.
Oh brother.
I don't know what's going on in Panel One with MW, but she looks like her neck gained ten pounds and her spine is fused.
And the arm thingy--yikes. SOLIDARITY!
Perhaps The Rules stipulated that only a single color could be used for the cakes. A single Horrific Color.
Now John Dill's true color will be known. Will he turn sneeringly arrogant and selfish? Or will he be humbly grateful and thank Mary in front of all those outdated cameras?
You know, as stupid as this comic strip is, you really should be begin reading "Apt 3-G" on a daily basis.
The story writing makes "MW" seem like Leo Tolstoy had written it and the art makes "MW" look like something drawn by Rembrandt. There is a blog like this about "3-G", but it unfortunately doesn't get the readership that Wander's blog gets. Too bad...
Oh please, oh please, let it be John Dill's team!
This has been the most suspenseful Mary Worth storyline ever!
I'm going to need a nap after the winner has been announced.
@heydave 8:45 AM - By any chance, did you mean "biddy"?
What is with Mary's tortoise-like appendage/head in the first panel? She appears to be positively mesmerized by her glorious sugar likeness. I hope this contest is being broadcast in HD, so everyone can get a good look at Mary's cold sore in panel two.
Ha ha ha! John Dill smugly thinks it was his team - the judges even said so - but he's in Mary Worth's shadow the whole time!
Wanders, you like to joke about Eunice Chestnut, but do you know she was arrested in 1994? What's spookier is that she looks like she's in the fifth grade in that mugshot, but was 21 years old.
Yikes!
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Sugar Mary has turned around! Is it to face/thank the judges or to ignore the duo behind her? Maybe she'll take a header down the pink slip 'n slide.
Other possible categories in Mary's cake contest. . . .
Best Recovery of a Dropped Cake
Best Comeback to a Cake Heckler—Mary wins for the highly original and frequently repeated "Age is just a number!"
Best Imitation of a Live Person Rendered in Sugar—John Dill for his clearly adoring figure of St. Mary.
Best Use of a Monochromatic Color Scheme Illustrating a Color Not Found in Nature--—John Dill again for his use of Red Dye #14. .
Well gee, what a totally expected turn of events. I just hope that Dr. Jeff is watching Local TV Station, has a conniption fit when he sees John and Mary melting into one entity, jumps into his pink JeffMobile, and drives furiously to S.R. Convention Center to confront John Dill's Team.
Well, Mary's good deed for the year is now officially over. What will we be treated to for the rest of the year, The Adventures of Chin Napkin?
@KitKit 11;25-- it just occurred to me that when we last saw Dr. Jeff driving, he was sporting a mane of young blond hair.
The 'hey granny!' heckler: young blond hair.
Coincidence? I think not.
@Dave in Parma at 12:52 PM, I went back to Heckler Day (February 6). Not only is the heckler light haired, he's sitting next to a young blonde woman. It would be fabulous if Dr. Jeff throws Mary under the bus in favor of a tootsie.
Lucky they have giant fly-swatters right behind them; all that sugar, you know.
Fortunately flies don't like saccharin, so Mary should be safe.
And what's with the uni-arm? Are Mary and John becoming Siamese Borg?
--Beagle Vet
@Dave in Parma,
The heckler had orange hair, the same color as the orange walls. He(?) also had the same smushed-in face that Mary Worth characters usually have only when they are smashing their faces together with a member of the opposite sex (NO homosexuality in The Charterstone Condominium Complex, thank you very much!)
Although I do believe the orange, black and pink color scheme of much of the cake contest was to remind us of Dr. Jeff. Remember, his car was pink with an orange and black interior!!
I wonder if people of color, asians and/or homosexuals will ever show up as characters in Mary Worth? That would be the day!!
Wow! This was one exciting storyline. Kind of like Rocky, Field of Dreams and a couple of other feel-good movies rolled up in one. I'm surprised Hollywood hasn't bought the rights to this story about overcoming the odds of carrying a pink cake somewhere.
I was almost convinced things wouldn't work out perfectly as far as the cake competition was concerned.
So the "transfer" part of the contest turned out to be the most important. Whoever gets their cake on the winner's table first . . . wins! Now I understand why the other team dropped their cake, they were running as fast as they could with it. But the cake apparently has to be somewhat presentable too, I guess. Novel ideas they have in Santa Royale. I would love to see the actual rules for the contest (or maybe they are really vague and open to crazy interpretations).
@Not the Cake,
Let's face it, if there ever was a Mary Worth movie, we'd be the only people going to it...
...to heckle, of course!
Do any of you remember the video for "Jeopardy" by the Greg Kihn Band? It was one of the first videos that I saw on MTV. I was about 10 and it scared the crap out of me, especially the part where the couple is standing at the wedding altar and their sides become sort of...merged. Much like what is happening in panel one. I am so, so scared.
I had a similar experience upon viewing the Greg Kihn Band video for "Jeopardy," TeacherPatti! I was also about 10; it was one of the first videos I'd seen on MTV, and I think it incited a nightmare about the potential perils of intimacy! Fast forward thirty years, and anything involving Mary Worth and intimacy is nightmarish! Thank you Karen Moy and Joe Giella!
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